White Collar :The American Middle Classes, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition
White Collar :The American Middle Classes, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition
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Published:
26 September, 2002
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In print for fifty years, White Collar by C. Wright Mills is considered a standard on the subject of the new middle class in twentieth-century America. This landmark volume demonstrates how the conditions and styles of middle class life--originating from elements of both the newer lower and upper classes--represent modern society as a whole. By examining white-collar life, Mills aimed to learn something about what was becoming more typically "American" than the once-famous Western frontier character. He painted a picture instead of a society that had evolved into a business-based milieu, viewing America instead as a great salesroom, an enormous file, and a new universe of management. Russell Jacoby, author of The End of Utopia and The Last Intellectuals, contributes a new Afterword to this edition, in which he reflects on the impact White Collar had at its original publication and considers what it means to our society today. "A book that persons of every level of the white collar pyramid should read and ponder. It will alert them to their condition for their better salvation."-Horace M. Kaellen, The New York Times (on the first edition)
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780195157086 |
| ISBN10 | 0195157087 |
| Number Of Pages | 416 |
| Item Weight | 549 g |
| Product Dimensions | 143 x 216 x 26 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format | hardback |
| Edition | 2nd Revised edition |
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"A book that persons of every level of the white collar pyramid should read and ponder. It will alert them to their condition for their better salvation."--Horace M. Kaellen, The New York Times (on the first edition)
Author's Bio
The late C. Wright Mills, former Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, was a leading critic of modern American civilization. His other books include The Sociological Imagination and The Power Elite (both OUP). Russell Jacoby is Professor of History at UCLA and a contributing writer to The Nation, The New York Times, and Harper's.